2022 NBA All-Star Game

2022 NBA All-Star Game

Team 1 2 3 4 Total Team Durant 45 49 45 21 160 Team LeBron 47 46 45 25 163
Event information
Date	February 20, 2022
Venue	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
City	Cleveland, Ohio
MVP	Stephen Curry (Team LeBron)
Network	TNT and TBS
Halftime show	75th Anniversary Team recognition Earth, Wind, and Fire
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The 2022 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition game played on February 20, 2022, during the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 2021–22 season. It was the 71st edition of the event. The game was hosted by the Cleveland Cavaliers at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. This was the third time that the Cleveland area hosted the All-Star Game, the first being in 1981 at the Coliseum in nearby Richfield, Ohio, and most recently in 1997—three years after the Cavaliers moved back to downtown Cleveland to play in the newly built Gund Arena, which is now known as Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.

Team LeBron won with a 163-160 score while Stephen Curry of LeBron's team won the All-Star Game Most Valuable Player.

The game was televised nationally by TNT for the 20th consecutive year. The announcement of the site selection was made on November 1, 2018 at a press conference held by the Cleveland Cavaliers.

All-Star Game

Coaches

Phoenix Suns' Monty Williams was selected as head coach for Team LeBron.

Miami Heat's Erik Spoelstra was selected as head coach for Team Durant.

Monty Williams, coach of the Phoenix Suns, qualified as the head coach of Team LeBron on January 30. Erik Spoelstra, coach of the Miami Heat, also qualified as the head coach of Team Durant on February 6.

Rosters

As had been the case in previous years, the rosters for the All-Star Game were selected through a voting process. The fans could vote through the NBA website as well as through their Google account. The starters were chosen by the fans, media, and current NBA players. Fans made up 50% of the vote, and NBA players and media each comprised 25% of the vote. The two guards and three frontcourt players who received the highest cumulative vote totals in each conferences were named the All-Star starters and two players in each conferences with the highest votes were named team captains. NBA head coaches voted for the reserves for their respective conferences, none of which could be players from their own team. Each coach selected two guards, three frontcourt players and two wild cards, with each selected player ranked in order of preference within each category. If a multi-position player was to be selected, coaches were encouraged to vote for the player at the position that was "most advantageous for the All-Star team", regardless of where the player was listed on the All-Star ballot or the position he was listed in box scores.

The All-Star Game starters were announced on January 27, 2022. Trae Young of the Atlanta Hawks and DeMar DeRozan of the Chicago Bulls were named the backcourt starters in the East, earning their second and fifth all-star appearances, respectively. Kevin Durant of the Brooklyn Nets and Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks were named the frontcourt starters in the East, earning their 12th and sixth all-star appearances, respectively. Joining in the East frontcourt was Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers, his fifth selection.

Ja Morant of the Memphis Grizzlies and Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors were named to the starting backcourt in the West, earning their first and eighth all-star appearances, respectively. In the frontcourt, Andrew Wiggins of the Golden State Warriors and LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers was named to their first and 18th all-star selections, respectively. Joining them was reigning MVP Nikola Jokić of the Denver Nuggets, in his fourth all-star selection. Wiggins was the third first-time All-Star to be voted a starter in his eighth season or later.{{efn|The first two were Bob Boozer (eighth season, 1968) and Kyle Lowry (ninth, 2015) He also became the first No. 1 overall draft pick in the modern draft era (since 1966) to earn their first All-Star selection in their eighth season or later.

The All-Star Game reserves were announced on February 3, 2022. The West reserves included Devin Booker of the Phoenix Suns, his third selection (and first as a non-replacement player); Luka Dončić of the Dallas Mavericks, his third selection; Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz, his third selection; Draymond Green of the Golden State Warriors, his fourth selection; Donovan Mitchell of the Utah Jazz, his third selection; Chris Paul of the Phoenix Suns, his 12th selection; and Karl-Anthony Towns of the Minnesota Timberwolves, his third selection.

The East reserves included Jimmy Butler of the Miami Heat, his sixth selection; Darius Garland of the Cleveland Cavaliers, his first selection; James Harden of the Philadelphia 76ers, his tenth selection; Zach LaVine of the Chicago Bulls, his second selection; Khris Middleton of the Milwaukee Bucks, his third selection; Jayson Tatum of the Boston Celtics, his third selection; and Fred VanVleet of the Toronto Raptors, his first selection.

• Italics indicates leading vote-getters per conference

Eastern Conference All-Stars

Pos	Player	Team	No. of selections
Starters
G	Trae Young	Atlanta Hawks	2
G	DeMar DeRozan	Chicago Bulls	5
C	Joel Embiid	Philadelphia 76ers	5
F	Kevin Durant	Brooklyn Nets	12
F	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Milwaukee Bucks	6
Reserves
G	LaMelo Ball	Charlotte Hornets	1
G	Darius Garland	Cleveland Cavaliers	1
G	James Harden	Philadelphia 76ers	10
G	Zach LaVine	Chicago Bulls	2
G	Fred VanVleet	Toronto Raptors	1
F	Jimmy Butler	Miami Heat	6
F	Khris Middleton	Milwaukee Bucks	3
F	Jayson Tatum	Boston Celtics	3
C	Jarrett Allen	Cleveland Cavaliers	1

Western Conference All-Stars

Pos	Player	Team	No. of selections
Starters
G	Stephen Curry	Golden State Warriors	8
G	Ja Morant	Memphis Grizzlies	1
C	Nikola Jokić	Denver Nuggets	4
F	LeBron James	Los Angeles Lakers	18
F	Andrew Wiggins	Golden State Warriors	1
Reserves
G	Devin Booker	Phoenix Suns	3
G	Luka Dončić	Dallas Mavericks	3
G	Donovan Mitchell	Utah Jazz	3
G	Dejounte Murray	San Antonio Spurs	1
G	Chris Paul	Phoenix Suns	12
F	Draymond Green	Golden State Warriors	4
C	Rudy Gobert	Utah Jazz	3
C	Karl-Anthony Towns	Minnesota Timberwolves	3

Draft

The NBA-All Star draft took place on February 10, 2022. LeBron James and Kevin Durant were named captains for the second straight year, as they both received the most votes from the West and East, respectively. The first eight players to be drafted were starters. The next 14 players, chosen by NBA head coaches (seven from each conference), were then be drafted. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver selected replacements for any player unable to participate in the All-Star Game, choosing a player from the same conference as the player who was being replaced. Silver's selection joined the team that drafted the replaced player. If a replaced player is a starter, the head coach of that team would choose a new starter from their cast of players.

James picked Giannis Antetokounmpo with his first pick, and Durant picked Joel Embiid second. Team Durant was the home team due to the Eastern Conference having home team status for the game.

2022 All-Star Draft

Pick	Player	Team
1	Giannis Antetokounmpo	LeBron
2	Joel Embiid	Durant
3	Stephen Curry	LeBron
4	Ja Morant	Durant
5	DeMar DeRozan	LeBron
6	Jayson Tatum	Durant
7	Nikola Jokić	LeBron
8	Andrew Wiggins	Durant
9	Trae Young	Durant
10	Devin Booker	Durant
11	Luka Dončić	LeBron
12	Karl-Anthony Towns	Durant
13	Darius Garland	LeBron
14	Zach LaVine	Durant
15	Chris Paul	LeBron
16	Dejounte Murray	Durant
17	Jimmy Butler	LeBron
18	Khris Middleton	Durant
19	Donovan Mitchell	LeBron
20	LaMelo Ball	Durant
21	Fred VanVleet	LeBron
22	Rudy Gobert	Durant
23	James Harden	LeBron

Lineups

Team LeBron

Pos	Player	Team
Starters
F	LeBron James	Los Angeles Lakers
F	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Milwaukee Bucks
C	Nikola Jokić	Denver Nuggets
G	DeMar DeRozan	Chicago Bulls
G	Stephen Curry	Golden State Warriors
Reserves
G	Luka Doncic	Dallas Mavericks
G	Darius Garland	Cleveland Cavaliers
G	Chris Paul	Phoenix Suns
F	Jimmy Butler	Miami Heat
G	Donovan Mitchell	Utah Jazz
G	Fred VanVleet	Toronto Raptors
C	Jarrett Allen	Cleveland Cavaliers
Head coach: Monty Williams (Phoenix Suns)

Team Durant

Pos	Player	Team
Starters
F	Andrew Wiggins	Golden State Warriors
F	Jayson Tatum	Boston Celtics
C	Joel Embiid	Philadelphia 76ers
G	Ja Morant	Memphis Grizzlies
G	Trae Young	Atlanta Hawks
Reserves
G	Devin Booker	Phoenix Suns
C	Karl-Anthony Towns	Minnesota Timberwolves
G	Zach LaVine	Chicago Bulls
G	Dejounte Murray	San Antonio Spurs
F	Khris Middleton	Milwaukee Bucks
G	LaMelo Ball	Charlotte Hornets
C	Rudy Gobert	Utah Jazz
Head coach: Erik Spoelstra (Miami Heat)

Game

The 2022 All-Star Game will use the same format as the 2020 edition; the team that scores the most points during each of the first three 12-minute quarters will receive a cash prize, which will be donated to a designated charity. The pot will roll over if the teams are tied. The fourth quarter will be untimed, under the rules of the Elam Ending. The first team to meet or exceed a "target score"—the score of the leading team in total scoring after three quarters plus 24—is declared the winner.

All-Star Weekend

NBA HBCU Classic

A neutral site Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) college basketball game between the Howard Bison and Morgan State Bears will be held on February 19, 2022 at Wolstein Center as the inaugural NBA HBCU Classic;. The NBA and AT&T will donate $100,000 to each team's athletic department, and the game will be simulcast by TNT and ESPN2.

Skills Challenge

Team Rooks

Pos.	Player	Team
F	Scottie Barnes	Toronto Raptors
G	Cade Cunningham	Detroit Pistons
G	Josh Giddey	Oklahoma City Thunder

Team Cavs

Pos.	Player	Team
C	Jarrett Allen	Cleveland Cavaliers
G	Darius Garland	Cleveland Cavaliers
C/F	Evan Mobley	Cleveland Cavaliers

Team Antetokounmpos

Pos.	Player	Team
F	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Milwaukee Bucks
F	Alex Antetokounmpo	Raptors 905
F	Thanasis Antetokounmpo	Milwaukee Bucks

Three-Point Contest

Further information: Three-Point Contest

Contestants

Pos.	Player	Team	Height	Weight	First round	Final round
G	CJ McCollum	New Orleans Pelicans	6–5	190
G	Trae Young	Atlanta Hawks	6–1	164
G	Zach LaVine	Chicago Bulls	6–5	200
G/F	Desmond Bane	Memphis Grizzlies	6–5	215
C/F	Karl-Anthony Towns	Minnesota Timberwolves	6–11	248
G	Fred VanVleet	Toronto Raptors	6–1	195
G	Luke Kennard	Los Angeles Clippers	6–5	206
G	Patty Mills	Brooklyn Nets	6–0	180

Slam Dunk Contest

Contestants

Pos.	Player	Team	Height	Weight	First round	Final round
G	Cole Anthony	Orlando Magic	6–3	185
F	Juan Toscano-Anderson	Golden State Warriors	6–6	209
F	Obi Toppin	New York Knicks	6–9	220
G	Jalen Green	Houston Rockets	6–4	186

Broadcasting

The game was televised nationally by TNT. TBS aired an alternate feed of the game known as Inside the All-Star Game, featuring discussions by the Inside the NBA panel of Charles Barkley, Ernie Johnson, Shaquille O'Neal, and Kenny Smith, with guests such as Draymond Green. Coaches, referees, and selected players also wore microphones.